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Games like Elysium: Blood Games

If Elysium: Blood Games is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hydraulic Slam, Perimeter, Paint & Process and Qvadriga — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fighters can die permanently, atmospheric and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Elysium: Blood Games: Enter a world of blood, influence and secrets in this easy to learn, yet deep strategy sim where you control a group of Gladiators, guiding them through combat and competition. Bribe, gamble and slash your way to an arena championship!

2016SportsStrategyIndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDWindowsby SimProse Studios
Elysium: Blood Games — Steam game cover
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Career mode tracks rise and fall of gladiatorsDeveloper actively responds to community feedbackFighters can die permanentlyAtmosphericContemplativeDark

Players who liked Elysium: Blood Games also play

Steam players who put hours into Elysium: Blood Games also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Hydraulic Slam

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    In this turn-based, tactical tennis simulation you build, control and improve your own tennis robot. Play on grass, clay and hard courts and balance your energy, precision and condition throughout the match. Maintain and develop your robot between matches.

    2026SportsStrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Perimeter, Paint & Process

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    From a community court to a championship organisation. Become the GM/coach, even player. Scout and build your roster, staff, facilities and tactics. Every possession resolves through a detailed basketball simulation engine. Story arc or pure sandbox.

    SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Qvadriga

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Third-strongest match for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.

    2014SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. LUXO Buddies

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    One of the most Classic games which we all know and love! LUXO Buddies makes its return with an assortment of exciting new features. Match cards either by matching color or value and play action cards to change things up. Race against other players to empty your hand before everyone else.

    2018SportsStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Football, Tactics & Glory

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Ranked #5 for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.

    2018SportsStrategySimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Redemption: Eternal Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Ranked #6 for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled.

    2015StrategyIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Age of Gladiators

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Ranked #7 for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    "Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.

    2016SportsStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Franchise Hockey Manager 9

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Ranked #8 for Elysium: Blood Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2022-23 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

    2022SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Elysium: Blood Games

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Master of Orion 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Reviewers of Elysium: Blood Games cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Experience first-hand the challenges of leading one of 16 different races into unequalled galactic supremacy and face a universe of decisions. Set policies, explore, build, declare war, negotiate - put all these elements into motion to guarantee your place in the annals of space and time.

    2016Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Reviewers of Elysium: Blood Games cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Europa Universalis IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Reviewers of Elysium: Blood Games cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

    2013StrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Age of Gladiators

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Reviewers of Elysium: Blood Games cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    "Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.

    2016SportsStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elysium: Blood Games at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elysium: Blood Games.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Elysium: Blood Games on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from SimProse Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by SimProse Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Star Merchant

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Redemption: Eternal Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Redemption: Eternal Quest is a casual RPG/Sim game which combines the feel of an RPG with roster management sim mechanics. You become the leader of a band of adventurers, guiding them through quests, watching them grow and signing them to pacts while keeping your gold pouch filled.

    2015StrategyIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fantasy Kingdom Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Fantasy Kingdom Simulator transports you into a medieval realm where you reign as King of four villages, and your duty is to help them grow and blossom into fully developed cities. You'll be making meaningful choices, important decisions and face the consequences if you plan poorly.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Streets of Chaos

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Streets of Chaos is a unique strategy/board game where you become the leader of a resistance in an apocalyptic world. Features a randomly generated world each game, high-res graphics and original music, and an open-ended strategy model that evolves and encourages thought and planning.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Cavern of Time

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Strategy and Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    The Cavern of Time is an RPG/Adventure game where you guide the journey of a young girl. Can you find the magical locket in this perilous realm and cure your beloved grandmother's illness? Visit the Cavern of Time and find out!

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Catacombs 1: Demon War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Indie with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Catacombs 1: Demon War is the first of a 3-chapter RPG/Adventure that puts you into the shoes of a brave young hero, building your strength to face long-buried secrets, deception and betrayal.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Nightingale Downs

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Casual with Elysium: Blood Games.

    You play a deer, tasked by your clan leader with a most urgent mission: Find and sabotage the plans of a local human settlement, intent on destroying your homeland. Your journey will be long, through dangerous jungles and facing many natural predators. Will you save your home?

    2017AdventureRPGCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Finish Line Manager

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SimProse Studios, the studio behind Elysium: Blood Games. Shares Sports and Strategy with Elysium: Blood Games.

    Ever dreamed of owning and managing your own car racing team? Redline Ultimate Racing allows you to make your dreams come true! Take control of either a randomly generated racing universe or load your own custom-created universe into the game.

    2018SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Elysium: Blood Games

Does Elysium: Blood Games work on Steam Deck?
Elysium: Blood Games is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Elysium: Blood Games cost?
Elysium: Blood Games is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Elysium: Blood Games?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elysium: Blood Games are Hydraulic Slam, Perimeter, Paint & Process, Qvadriga.
Who developed Elysium: Blood Games?
Elysium: Blood Games was developed by SimProse Studios and published by Conglomerate 5.

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